Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMITH, OF THE THIRD OREGON, DIES, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES Poet's Biography First Line: Autumn in oregon is wet as spring Last Line: Autumn in oregon and pheasants flying -- Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie | ||||||||
Autumn in Oregon is wet as Spring, And green, with little singings in the grass, And pheasants flying, Gold, green and red, Great, narrow, lovely things, As if an orchid had snatched wings. There are strange birds like blots against a sky Where a sun is dying. Beyond the river where the hills are blurred A cloud, like the one word Of the too-silent sky, stirs, and there stand Black trees on either hand. Autumn in Oregon is wet and new As Spring, And puts a fever like Spring's in the cheek That once has touched her dew -- And it puts longing too In eyes that once have seen Her season-flouting green, And ears that listened to her strange birds speak. Autumn in Oregon -- I'll never see Those hills again, a blur of blue and rain Across the old Willamette. I'll not stir A pheasant as I walk, and hear it whir Above my head, an indolent, trusting thing. When all this silly dream is finished here, The fellows will go home to where there fall Rose-petals over every street, and all The year is like a friendly festival. But I shall never watch those hedges drip Color, not see the tall spar of a ship In our old harbor. -- They say that I am dying, Perhaps that's why it all comes back again: Autumn in Oregon and pheasants flying -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GIRL'S SONGS: 1 by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: 2 by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: 3 by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: BORROWER by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: FREE by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: THE KISS by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A GIRL'S SONGS: VINTAGE by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A NEW YEAR by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES A VOW FOR NEW YEAR'S by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES |
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